Is your wine worth it?
When it comes to pricing, quality and customer expectation both matter, finds a study co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School that focuses on wine.
Digital technology and health governance
Digital technology has the power to transform healthcare in developing countries, but only if it’s used properly, says a new study.
Aid workers get a bad rap – but too often they’re thrown in at the deep end
Corinna Frey, PhD candidate at Cambridge Judge Business School, discusses how humanitarian organisations are operating in a challenging environment, constantly on the move to tackle global emergency and refugee crises.
Lessons from Nigeria
Successful diversification of an economy requires proper planning – and learning from previous mistakes, says Dr Othman Cole of Cambridge Judge Business School.
The price isn’t right - study explores special offers
Offers by retailers to ‘beat the price’ of rivals, while costly, are no more effective than ‘price-matching’ offers, says a new academic study.
A new model for corporate social responsibility
Your business’s CSR activity must adapt to the market you’re in, new research reveals.
How to make cashflow work for you
Understanding cashflow patterns could help not only your own business but also the wider economy, says researcher Dr Xin Chang.
New book simplifies corporate finance, making it jargon free
A new Short Introduction to Corporate Finance book by Cambridge Judge Professor Raghavendra Rau simplifies an often intimidating subject into six basic ideas – all revolving around the principle of ‘no free lunch’.
How to make the right decision
Competing demands can sometimes hamper your ability to make the right decision, but new research suggests there may be a better way.
Laser-like focus plus a bit of luck are key to success, says entrepreneur
Cambridge MBA alumnus Tommy Katzenellenbogen went from Israel to Cambridge to Silicon Valley, where he helped launch a tech startup that protects India’s international borders.
Conference explores full range of cyber risks
The loss of sensitive information gets all the headlines, but lesser-known threats from cyber attacks also deserve attention, say risk experts at a Cambridge Judge Business School conference.
How to find the road less travelled
Traffic study shows real-time travel information has less of an impact on speeding up our journeys than you might expect.
'Demystifying’ the funding funnel
Finding and renewing funding can be a bewildering experience for entrepreneurs, but experts at a conference in Cambridge, including two from Cambridge Judge Business School, offer a few simple tips.
How networks are turning to mathematicians to maximise ad dollar returns
Media planners be warned: the next great battle for eyeballs will be conducted via algorithm.
Keeping IT services live: sticks vs carrots?
How much risk are you prepared to take to balance the relationship with your third-party IT provider? A new study gives insights using game theory.
Separating routine and complex healthcare could help NHS
Simplifying general hospital services to make them more manageable is a route to solving the current healthcare crisis, say two healthcare experts at Cambridge Judge Business School.
Lessons for today’s investors from financial market history
From 18th century ‘structured finance’ and currency speculation in the Middle Ages, to stock market performance in the 20th and 21st centuries. A new book edited by two University of Cambridge academics chronicles the historical development of asset returns, stock exchanges, financial bubbles and innovation.
Venturing forth: Goshawk Communications
Anyone who has tried to hold a mobile phone conversation on a noisy train knows how frustrating it can be when the other person’s voice fades in and out, or there is static, or words seem mumbled due to poor reception in and around tunnels.
Culture vs systems: who’s the winner?
Think a new, shiny system will solve your organisation’s problems? Think again, says Dr Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Diageo Reader in Management Studies at Cambridge Judge Business School.
How the Chinese are tearing up the innovation rulebook
Why a new approach to innovation could give Chinese companies the edge over their western rivals, says Cambridge Judge Professor Peter Williamson.
Severe space weather 'could cost billions'
The daily US economic cost from solar storm-induced electricity blackouts could be in the tens of billions of dollars, with more than half the loss from indirect costs outside the blackout zone, according to a just-published study led by University of Cambridge researchers.
From concert hall to board room
Stuart Barr was musical director for Dame Shirley Bassey, and has worked with iconic artistes from Sting to Elton John. He’s now a Cambridge MBA student, with an eye to running an international arts organisation.
How to organise ‘social innovation’ research
New study from the Centre for Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge calls for three sub-categories of social innovation – social entrepreneurship, social intrapreneurship, and social extrapreneurship – to create a new research framework.
'Artificial Intelligence: Disrupting Sustainability' conference seeks sponsors
Business sponsors are sought for a conference next month - Artificial Intelligence: Disrupting Sustainability - organised by the Sustainable Development Forum and taking place at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
Middle managers matter
Change initiated by middle managers rather than top managers wins greater employee support, says a new study co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School.